FreeRearviewCam
Your current smartphone is used as a monitor near the driver. Your "old", unused smartphone finds its place "behind" in the car and uses the camera functionality. The app connects the two smartphones, the camera of the "old" and the monitor of the "new" mobile phone - the rearview camera is finished.
If you want to use the reversing camera ad-free and with the recording function is a small surcharge due (Version Advanced).
A Pro version with special features is planned for the future.
REMINDER: the transfer of the video is very battery consuming especially for the camera phone. If you want to use it for an extended period make sure to connect it to power and/ or switch the phone off after use.
Attention SAMSUNG users: The use of Samsung devices with FreeRearviewCam can be recommended only to a limited extent. Due to an individual implementation of the Android guidelines, every reconnection between the sender and the recipient phone requires a new validation on the sender's mobile phone. This means that the user has to validate on the sender phone (eventually mounted in the rear of the car) each time they use the app. Unfortunately, we could not change this, so we have to dissuade from using the app with SAMSUNG devices.
FFmpeg info and licensing compliance
This project uses FFmpeg for video processing. It is calling a precompiled FFmpeg binary as external process. You can find the source code used to compile the FFmpeg via https://www.freerearviewcam.com/ffmpeg
Category : Auto & Vehicles
Reviews (14)
Perfect concept, just wish it actually did something. Tried between a Moto X (old) and Pixel 3a, and the phones simply didn't find each other. I saw no indication that they really tried. Certainly my Pixel 3a should have asked for some permissions to do anything, but it did not.
Good idea. I need an app like this to work. I would pay good money for a backup camera app between 2 phones
I can see it is broadcasting an SSID but when I try to connect it asks me for a password which I do not know. And I cannot leave it blank since the connect button is disabled.
Won't connect to other device with app installed on both devices
Installed to head unit. Working, just in vertical mode. No settings in app turning the pic.
This app is waste of time not working Rubbish I don't know how is possible to create such a rubbish
An outstanding versertile and accurate
what is the wifi password ? not connecting with any of my phones
where is an update
Works, but with a 3 sec lag. Think this would have great use for other applications, but not for a rearview camera
Don't think it's compatible with the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 an update would be ideal thanks
It's the worst needs wifi to operate
The idea is very good but it does not connect one phone to each other any help?
This could have been good however I don't get why the developer has made it so that you have to access the camera phone for permission each time you want to connect. It's a reversing cam so it's at the back of the car. What the...! The image has a long delay and freezes after about 10 seconds which would be ok if you didn't have to assess the rear cam to reconnect each time you want to use it. This app has potential and I would use it for my tablet head unit if they can sort out the issues.